| − | '''Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson''' (April 9, 1898–January 23, 1976) was an American [[actor]] of film and stage, All-American and professional [[athelet]], [[writer]], multi-lingual [[orator]], [[lawyer]], and ''basso profondo'' concert singer who was also noted for his wide-ranging support of socialism, Communist countries and anti-imperialism. A forerunner of the [[civil rights]] movement, Robeson was a trades union [[activist]], [[peace activist]], [[Phi Beta Kappa Society]] laureate, and a recipient of the [[Spingarn Medal]] and [[Stalin Peace Prize]]. His outspoken beliefs and friendships with Communist countries lead to his passport beingb lifted during most of the 1950's under the Mcacareen Act. | + | '''Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson''' (April 9, 1898–January 23, 1976) was an American [[actor]] of film and stage, All-American and professional [[athlete]], [[writer]], multi-lingual [[orator]], [[lawyer]], and ''basso profondo'' concert singer who was also noted for his wide-ranging support of socialism, Communist countries and anti-imperialism. A forerunner of the [[civil rights]] movement, Robeson was a trades union [[activist]], [[peace activist]], [[Phi Beta Kappa Society]] laureate, and a recipient of the [[Spingarn Medal]] and [[Stalin Peace Prize]]. His outspoken beliefs and friendships with Communist countries lead to his passport being revoked from 1950 to 1958 under the [[McCarran Act]] and he was under surveillance by the U.S. [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and by British [[MI5]] for well over three decades until his death in 1976. |